Developers called out by Stauber have been paying utility debts
March 31, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Earlier this year, At-Large Duluth City Councilor Jim Stauber made a formal inquiry about overdue utility bills. “When bills aren’t paid, all the other customers have to pick up the slack,” he said. Continue Reading
As of March 7 this year, Clyde Iron owed the city $1,658 in overdue utility bills, but the development was on a payment plan, and it appears on pace to settle its debt soon.
“I put together a $28 million project with not one penny of subsidy from the city, and he (Stauber) wants to talk about a $1,600 utility bill? It seems so wrong,” said.
Giuliani’s statement sounds fair to me.
If you are on a payment plan and aggressively working at paying it off, it can hardly be deemed a ‘problem’.
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I wonder what a monthly bill for Clyde is. My water only bill is often $200 a month (3 kids, 2 adults showering every morning). If you’re talking water and gas for a huge building like that, $1600 may be one month’s water and gas bill.
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One person mentioned owns dilapidated, disgusting properties that generate minimal, if any tax revenues, and tend to draw in city problems.
Another person developed what was becoming a festering eyesore, transforming it into a multi-modal tax generating business.
Hmmmmmm………….
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How dare the City Council (or councilor) ask that utility bills be paid on time. Of all the nerve!
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Does it really seem to make good business sense to have a city councilor calling out people that have invested a LOT of money in the city for a rather insignificant amount of money?
Duluth has enough problems attracting business and employers without having a councilor seem to take on an adversarial stance.
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